Movie Reviews and Previews Oh god we’re all gonna watch this, aren’t we? With much of the world in lockdown right now, many companies are crashing since they are, by default, closed. Netflix is not one of those companies. Netflix is doing GREAT. Everyone is on Netflix right now, so much so that they have to slow their broadband rates in Europe to By Sarah • Mar 25, 2020 12:36 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Surprise, Tag doesn’t suck A high-concept comedy based on a Wall Street Journal article about a group of middle-aged dudes who play tag is not a sure thing, to say the least. But Tag, the movie based on that article, is, surprisingly, not bad. It’s not great, like most studio comedies it’s By Sarah • Jun 20, 2018 11:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Father Figures: Tulip Fever II When it comes to release date shuffling, Tulip Fever is the gold standard. But there is another movie that has quietly been shuffled on and off the release slate, and that is the Owen Wilson/Ed Helms comedy Father Figures (formerly titled Bastards). The movie, which languished at Paramount before By Sarah • Sep 29, 2017 02:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Mediocre Bastards It’s fall, which means it’s time for trailers for award bait films, holiday-season tent poles, and the utter dreck that gets buried out back during January. This post is about a road-comedy movie starring Owen Wilson and Ed Helms—guess which category it falls into? The movie is By Sarah • Sep 23, 2016 02:48 pm
Christina Applegate A Chris Hemsworth/Will Ferrell comparison in Vacation There are seven movies in the Vacation franchise—can you name them all?—and only two of them are any good: National Lampoon’s Vacation, and Christmas Vacation. John Hughes wrote both (and he co-wrote European Vacation), and the first Vacation movie—the best of the bunch—was directed by By Sarah • Jul 30, 2015 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Chris Hemsworth’s Vacation dick Remember the National Lampoon’s Vacation movies? You know, the two terrible ones no one talks about, and then the first one that most people like and the Christmas one that everyone likes? Well there’s a new one. Chevy Chase is still around as the patriarch of the perpetually By Sarah • May 08, 2015 11:59 am
Jason Bateman Folk Parody This is the new video for Hopeless Wanderer from Mumford & Sons. The band didn’t have to do anything. Because they don’t appear at all. Instead, in their places, are Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Ed Helms, and Will Forte. It’s a folk parody. It’s good. Especially By Lainey • Aug 05, 2013 01:15 pm
Jessica Alba Hushpuppy and Lindsay Lohan got robbed! But first... Can we play Photo Assumption on this shot of Megan Fox and Jessica Alba? Fox being there, I sort of understand, because she’s in This Is 40, coming out very soon. Alba...? What was Alba’s last movie? I don’t remember Alba’s last movie. Does By Lainey • Dec 13, 2012 12:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Hangover 2 Trailer Here’s what I like about it: I like opening with Kanye West. I like looking at Bradley Cooper all sweaty, with shades on, and an open neck shirt, walking in slow motion in front of two other guys. I also like some of Ed Helms’s reactions. And when By Lainey • Apr 01, 2011 08:56 am
